Puffin Colonies in Eire
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Where to go: puffin colonies in Eire Over 15,000 puffin pairs were recorded in Eire at the time of the last census. We are interested in receiving your photos from ANY colony and the grid references for known puffin locations are given in the table. The largest and most accessible colonies here are Great Skellig and Great Saltee. Start Number Site Access for Pufferazzi Further information Grid of pairs Access possible for Puffarazzi, but Great Skellig V247607 4,000 worldheritageireland.ie/skellig-michael check local access arrangements Puffin Island - Kerry V336674 3,000 Access more difficult Boat trips available but landing not possible 1,522 Access possible for Puffarazzi, but Great Saltee X950970 salteeislands.info check local access arrangements Mayo Islands l550938 1,500 Access more difficult Illanmaster F930427 1,355 Access more difficult Access possible for Puffarazzi, but Cliffs of Moher, SPA R034913 1,075 check local access arrangements Stags of Broadhaven F840480 1,000 Access more difficult Tory Island and Bloody B878455 894 Access more difficult Foreland Kid Island F785435 370 Access more difficult Little Saltee - Wexford X968994 300 Access more difficult Inishvickillane V208917 170 Access more difficult Access possible for Puffarazzi, but Horn Head C005413 150 check local access arrangements Lambay Island O316514 87 Access more difficult Pig Island F880437 85 Access more difficult Inishturk Island L594748 80 Access more difficult Clare Island L652856 25 Access more difficult Beldog Harbour to Kid F785435 21 Access more difficult Island Mayo: North West F483156 7 Access more difficult Islands Ireland’s Eye O285414 4 Access more difficult Howth Head O299389 2 Access more difficult Wicklow Head T344925 1 Access more difficult Where to go: puffin colonies in Southern England Only 480 puffin pairs were breeding in Southern England at the time of the last national seabird census. We are interested in receiving your photos from ANY colony and the grid references for known puffin locations are given in the table. Most colonies are challenging to access, but the Channel islands offer the chance of a Puffarazzi picture. Number Site Start Grid Access for Pufferazzi Further information of pairs Channel Islands, Burhou 30UWA5508 180 Access more difficult Mincarlo SV854129 53 Access more difficult Sark 30UWV4676 50 Access more difficult Jethou 30UWV3978 25 Access more difficult Men-a-Vaur sv893175 25 Access more difficult Scilly Rock SV860156 25 Access more difficult The Mouls, North Cornwall SW938815 25 Access more difficult Alderney 30UWA5807 23 Access more difficult Jersey: North West Coast 30UWV570563 17 Access more difficult Channel Islands 30UWV4080 15 Access more difficult Purbeck SY977761 13 Access more difficult St Helen's Island SV900170 11 Access more difficult West Penwith SW341311 6 Access more difficult Lundy SS132460 5 Access more difficult Portland SY674690 5 Access more difficult Rosevear island SV839059 3 Access more difficult Bawden Rocks SW701532 2 Access more difficult Melledgan island SV862063 2 Access more difficult Where to go: puffin colonies in Southern and Eastern Scotland Over 74,000 puffin pairs were breeding in Southern and Eastern Scotland at the time of the last national seabird census. We are interested in receiving your photos from ANY colony and the grid references for known puffin locations are given in the table. The most accessible colony is the Isle of May but boat trips also run to the Firth of Forth Islands such as Craigleith, which may offer the chance of a Puffarazzi picture. Start Number Site Access for Pufferazzi Further information Grid of pairs https://www.nature.scot/enjoying-outdoors/ Isle of May NT655995 42000 Easy access - great for puffarazzi scotlands-national-nature-reserves/isle-may-na- tional-nature-reserve Access possible for puffarazzi but Craigleith NT559869 28000 Boat trips available check local access arrangements Access possible for puffarazzi but Inchkeith NT291821 1641 Boat trips available check local access arrangements Old Slains to Collieston NK054300 467 Access more difficult Access possible for puffarazzi but Fidra NT513868 405 RSPB Reserve, Boat trips available check local access arrangements Pennan Head NJ847656 135 Access more difficult Cat's Bank to Hare NK129410 129 Access more difficult Craig Little John's Haven NO856744 110 Access more difficult Access possible for puffarazzi but Bullers of Buchan NK112385 108 check local access arrangements Whinnyfold Cliffs NK084332 106 Access more difficult Glunimore Island NR742050 100 Access more difficult Kineff NO858748 92 Access more difficult Crawton to Catterline NO877794 88 Access more difficult Castle Haven NO882838 86 Access more difficult Sanda Island NR727044 86 Access more difficult Whiting Ness to Ethie NO702472 85 Access more difficult Haven Whistleberry NO862752 83 Access more difficult Sheep Island and NR733055 78 Access more difficult Glunimore Island Access possible for puffarazzi but Troup Head NJ815671 66 RSPB reserve, boat trips organsied check local access arrangements The Gwight to Old NK116392 61 Access more difficult Ship Point Findon Ness - Hare NO952998 60 Access more difficult Ness Where to go: puffin colonies in Southern and Eastern Scotland (continued) Start Number Site Access for Pufferazzi Further information Grid of pairs Boddam to Collieston NK122400 59 Access more difficult Rosehearty to Bay of NJ807655 40 Access more difficult Cullen Inchcolm NT193825 40 Access more difficult Tremuda/Old Hall Bay NO880826 29 Access more difficult Grey Mare to Cruden NK112374 28 Access more difficult Bay Swirl Cove NO863756 25 Access more difficult Inchmickery NT207806 22 Access more difficult RSPB Reserve Aberdour Bay NJ865656 21 Access more difficult Burn of Daff NO923943 20 Access more difficult Lunan Bay to Arbroath NO683440 20 Access more difficult Ailsa Craig NX 019 998 20 Access more difficult RSPB reserve Strathlethan Bay NO885845 19 Access more difficult Hare Craig to The NK122400 18 Access more difficult Gwight Newton Hill NO902910 17 Access more difficult Thornyhive Bay NO880817 17 Access more difficult Access possible for puffarazzi but Fowlsheugh NO881799 16 RSPB Reserve check local access arrangements Catterline to NO866761 13 Access more difficult Inverbervie Eyemouth to NT955634 10 Access more difficult Burnmouth The Lamb NT535866 7 Access more difficult Lion's Head NJ826666 5 Access more difficult Cove Bay NJ962018 3 Access more difficult Newtonhill - Hall Bay NO914933 3 Access more difficult The Slainges NO871769 3 Access more difficult Meikle Ross NX650434 3 Access more difficult Where to go: puffin colonies in Southern and Eastern Scotland (continued) Start Number Site Access for Pufferazzi Further information Grid of pairs Fawn Pot to Old Slains NK062311 1 Access more difficult Gardenstown NJ781651 1 Access more difficult Inchmore to Cat's NK131414 1 Access more difficult Bank Rumkemno NO686450 1 Access more difficult Balcary Point NX825493 1 Access more difficult Access possible for puffarazzi but Mull of Galloway NX156305 RSPB reserve, low numbers of puffins check local access arrangements Where to go: puffin colonies in South Wales Approaching 10,000 puffin pairs were breeding in South Wales at the time of the last national seabird census. We are interested in receiving your photos from ANY colony and the grid references for known puffin locations are given in the table. The most accessible colony is Skomer. Start Number Site Access for Pufferazzi Further information Grid of pairs https://www.welshwildlife.org/skomer-skokholm/ Skomer SM725095 7076 Easy access - great for puffarazzi skomer/ Access possible for puffarazzi but https://www.welshwildlife.org/skomer-skokholm/ Skokholm Island SM727048 2055 check local access arrangements skokholm/ North Bishop SM670280 27 Access more difficult Saddle Point to SR981940 4 Access more difficult Griffth Lorts Hole St Margarets Island SS123973 3 Access more difficult Gower SS383878 2 Access more difficult The Castle SR954935 2 Access more difficult Where to go: puffin colonies in Shetland With nearly 98,000 puffin pairs at the time of the last national census, Shetland is one of the UK’s puffin strong- holds. Puffins can be seen along much of the coast of Shetland and we are interested in pictures from all sites and the grid references for known puffin locations are given in the table. The most accessible places for the Puffarazzi are Sumbrugh Head, Hermaness on Unst and Noss. Number Site Start Grid Access for Pufferazzi Further information of pairs Fair Isle HZ210720 40000 Easy access - great for puffarazzi https://www.fairisle.org.uk/ https://www.nature.scot/enjoying-outdoors/ Access possible for puffarazzi but Hermaness, Unst HP584143 23661 scotlands-national-nature-reserves/herma- check local access arrangements ness-national-nature-reserve Access possible for puffarazzi but Foula HT959392 22500 check local access arrangements https://www.nature.scot/enjoying-outdoors/ Access possible for puffarazzi but Noss NNR hu545405 1892 places-visit/scotlands-national-nature-re- check local access arrangements serves/noss-nnr/noss-nnr-visiting-reserve Sumburgh to Peerie Voe of Spiggie - HU355162 1600 Access more difficult Shetland Saxavord, Skaw, Access possible for puffarazzi but Haroldswick and HP623154 950 check local access arrangements Baltasound Access possible for puffarazzi but Uyea HU320926 925 check local access arrangements Yell Gloup Holm HP487062 763 Access more difficult South West Unst HP585146 700 Access more difficult